Top 3 Best Free Website Forum Software

Simple Machine Forum

The Simple Machine Forum or SMF is a package of tools and libraries that enable developers to create an online community (forum style) easily and quickly. The program is written in PHP and uses as a tool for the MySQL database and we need to have them installed in order to use this package.

The main objective of the program is to provide all the necessary tools for building pages in style forum, from a panel of news and issues involving setting up and performance while reducing impact on server resources. The program has an SSI (Server Side Includes) that only allows interaction between your forum and website.

phpBB

One of the best and most widely used systems in PHP forums. Sending information to the site is as simple as sending an email, all done online. The information can be accessed by anyone (any site) or just by users previously registered, besides allowing you to distinguish users, creating groups. Any user can add information to your site, it becomes constantly updated, more attractive to its users. Information can be “posted” for who you want, whether site visitors, or just members of the same team. The system allows the division in several sessions (all configurable so simple), for better organization of your site. The system allows you to set the colors of your site, and everything related to it visually. The system is mainly focused on safety, there are constant updates to your site will not be threatened by hackers, pirates of the internet.

FireBoard for Joomla

This software is also free and most popular forum software you can find in the market. There are many templates you can find, user friendly admin panel, high security from intrudors, and many more features.